How Good is my Photo..?? Discussion.. Any tips, Criticisms or Ideas Please..!!

Ahh. So I guess mine comes into this category?

 

Indeed, yours is a bridge camera.

Steve...

 

Post #148 please Steve?

 

Hehe..yeah have been working on it mate...its a bit rushed but here it is...hope it helps.


I didn't do anyting too technical with your photo, just turned highlights down is all.

A free post processing software you can try is the Gimp http://www.gimp.org/ whether or not its easy to use is unknown to me, I have never used it. Its been written many times that its a free software fast catching up with Photoshop and thats where my knowledge of the programme ends.

As for free RAW processing programs, your camera should have had something you can use on its software disc. But if you have not got it, I've copied and pasted the following list of free RAw converters from another forum I'm a member of. Again, I have not tried any of these.

Raw Converters free:

RawTherapee
http://www.rawtherapee.com/
Quite nice.

UFRaw
http://ufraw.sourceforge.net/
It's a pretty good tool. What I like best about it is the way it handles whites. Colour transitions usually seem nice and smooth, very pleasant. Comes with a plug-in for the GIMP.

RAWHide
http://www.my-spot.com/RHC/
A youngster, but already has some interesting features, namely batch processing and conversion algorithms.

dcraw + batch scripts
http://www.cybercom.net/~dcoffin/dcraw/
It's a command line converter that works well with batch scripts and sometimes serves as a reference converter for other converters. You can find a tutorial how to use it here: http://www.guillermoluijk.com/tutori...w/index_en.htm. There's software that builds on it. You can find a list of that software on dcraw's homepage. There are also several GUI frontends for this neat tool.

s7raw (for Fuji cameras only)
http://www.my-spot.com/RHC/
Conversion samples combined with a tutorial: http://www.mattspinelli.com/s7raweditor2c.html.

RawShooter Essentials
http://www.my-spot.com/RHC/
It's discontinued but for some owners of older DSLRs, it' a gem. It had a commercial version. Adobe bought them and later Adobe Lightroom was born..

SILKYPIX Developer Studio
http://www.isl.co.jp/SILKYPIX/english/
A bit slow and the output quality isn't the best you can get (but still OK). It's pretty easy to use, though. The free version is limited in featuresa and isn't updated as often as the paid version.

Stepok's Raw Importer
http://www.stepok.net/eng/raw_importer.htm
A very easy to use raw converter that gives good conversion quality, although export speed isn't anything to write home about.

Rawstudio
http://rawstudio.org/
An interesting raw converter for Linux.

You have the ability with your camera to bracket shots so could if you wished too easily start to use HDR photography if you wished too..for that you would need a programme to use i with..have a look at Photomatix http://www.hdrsoft.com/.

I see editing this way, you pay for a pc to upload your photo's to..you pay for the camera and then the lens all three are tools on the road to a good photo and we know that digital cameras fall short of what we can see as humans, so why not buy that 4th tool (editing) for your photography and really complete what the camera cannot and produce what we all saw the day we all pushed the shutter button...seems perfectly logical to me. But of course..its each to their own!

Steve...

 

My apologies Steve, I thought maybe you'd missed it

Thanks very much for taking the time to look up those free progs


I've had a 'mooch', and found the discs that came with the camera, one of which is an edit program called 'Dimage viewer'. I've had a little play with it, but am unable (so far) to make localised corrections. Overall corrections yes, but not localised. I thought I'd try to upload a 'RAW' image, but my old Belkin card reader wont operate on my newer PC, which uses Windows 7. Something to do with 'Bits' Anyway, I'll order a new card reader, which seem very reasonable, price-wise. Another disc I have is a user guide, so I'm hopeful that there will be some info on using the editing software.

Again, thanks for taking the time to help

Cheers...Freddy

 

Just a bit on the dark side and short on contrast Woo, but given the conditions....

 

The brightness of the sky overpowers the scene which has no outstanding colour. Sorry Woo, but you did ask.

 

The sky is a 'togs dream, no big patches of blue or grey..plenty of detail and texture in it.

I think the pano is too big (too long left to right) which diminishes the view, and makes everything in the middle ground look flat. Below, I have cropped it slightly to balance it a little, but of course this is just my opinion, and I hope you dont mind my doing so.


Photo by Wiseowl.

Steve...

 

A great picture Woo, but I'm not sure whether it should have been a tad brighter. What time of day was it taken please, perhaps that is what makes the difference.